The annual consumer price inflation (CPI) eased to 10.3 per cent in January from 11.8 per cent the previous month, the Ghana Statistical Service has said. It is the lowest in at least five years, giving the Bank of Ghana room to resume rate cuts. The rate is the slowest since January 2013, according to the agency’s data, Baah Wadieh, [...] The post Inflation eases to 10.3% in January appeared
Ghana has been lauded for its performance under African Growth and Opportunities Act (AGOA); more than doubling its exports to the United States to about $300 million between 2016 and 2017, reflecting a general growth of African exports to the US under AGOA. Mr Harry Sullivan, Acting Director for Economic and Regional Affairs of the Bureau of African Affairs, said [...] The post Ghana’s exports
Oil and gas explorer and producer Tullow Ghana has appointed Kweku Awotwi as its new Managing Director. Mr Awotwi, 57, joins Tullow on March 1, 2018 to enable a smooth transition before current Managing Director Charles Darku’s retirement date at the end of April. Mr Darku will be retiring from his role, following almost five years of dedicated service. Charles [...] The post Tullow names new Ghana head
Dr Eric Osei-Assibey, Adjunct Senior, Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), has advocated for a rethinking of Ghana’s inflation targeting (IT) regime, in order to accelerate the nation’s socio-economic development. He said, if Ghana’s IT regime was to be maintained, then we need to solidify the fundamentals, stating that; “we need to make sure the productive sectors of this economy is [...] The post Review
A Ho-based men’s social guild, Club 50, on Wednesday honoured Olympic boxing hero Prince Amartey and former Black Stars idol, Mensah Aguadze at a ceremony in Ho. This was in collaboration with the Volta Region branch of the Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG). The striking ceremony which took place at the premises of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation coincided with [...] The post Club 50 honours
Communications Director of the Ghana Football Association, Ibrahim Sannie Daara, insists the only way to keep Ghana Premier League players from joining foreign clubs is for the government to employ them. Mass player exodus has been blamed for the dwindling standards in the league. A good number of last season’s top performers have left the country for places such as [...] The post appeared first on
Mr Elvis Adjei-Baah, Public Relations Officer of the Ministry of Youth and Sports (MOY), has said Accra Hearts of Oak, Accra Great Olympics and Inter Allies, agreed on a total closure of the Accra Sports Stadium after a stake holders meeting in Accra. The Accra Sports Stadium, which was scheduled as one of the venues for the upcoming Ghana Premier [...] The post Clubs supported decision
The Ghana Table Tennis Association (GTTA), has selected six players to represent Ghana in table tennis at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Gold Coast, Australia. The team, made up of four males and two females, were selected after an intensive justify-your-inclusion exercise. The selected players were; Derek Abrefa, Bernard Joe Sam, Felix Lartey and Emmanuel Asante making up the male team, [...] The post GTTA
The Japanese ambassador to Ghana, Mr. Tsutomu Himeno has commissioned a six-unit classroom block to promote teaching and learning for pupils at the Datoyili T.I. Ahmadiya Primary School in the Tamale metropolis of the Northern Region. The facility included a four-unit Kumasi Ventilated Improved Pit (KVIP) toilet, a urinal, head teacher’s office and staff common room for teachers. It was funded [...] The post Japanese
The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly manage the country’s borders. Under the collaboration dubbed, ‘Integrated Border Management’, the two agencies would conduct joint patrols and training, share intelligence, operational equipment and office and residential accommodation. Agreed upon after about two years of [...] The post Customs,
Findings of a study on Human Capacity Development in the Water and Sanitation sector has identified a huge skill deficit among personnel in the water resources and sanitation institutions. The study revealed that water and sanitation officers are only exposed to theoretical training and find it difficult to solve practical problems on the field. The study however suggests that training [...] The post Water,
PARLIAMENT has amended the Special Petroleum Tax Act, 2014 (Act 879), now Special Petroleum Tax (Amendment) Act 2018, slashing the tax component on petroleum products from 15 per cent to 13 per cent effective today. The amendment comes in the wake of pressure on the government to abolish the tax in line with its electioneering campaign promise following the [...] The post Parliament
Three persons who allegedly robbed a woman of her handbag have been busted by the police at Pambros in Accra. The suspects, Kofi Poku, Daniel Agyapong and Yaw Osei Boakye are in the custody of the police assisting in investigations. The Accra Regional Public Relations Officer (PRO), Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Effia Tenge disclosed this to the Ghanaian Times [...] The post 3 handbag snatchers
An Accra High Court has for the second time adjourned to March 1 and 2, the case concerning the murder of Adam Mahama, the former Upper East Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). The court presided by Justice L.L Mensah, a Court of Appeal Judge sitting with additional responsibility did not assign any reason for the adjournment. However, [...] The post Gregory Afoko’s case adjourned
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